Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Gum Ball Cookies and Bubble Gum Alley

The other day (7/9) was National Sugar Cookie Day! I'm sure that every day a food is celebrated nationally, but sugar cookies are special:) Sugar cookies, especially decorated sugar cookies, make people smile. {Wow, I just mentioned sugar cookies four times already...make that five.}

And these gumball cookies make me
smile:) The colors are so bright and cheerful! The inspiration for the
gumball machines came from the one and only, Sugarbelle (Callye), and
the cute little gumball idea came from the amazing Partiologist (Kim)! I
just love my versatile, little, round cookie cutter!
Thanks so much, Callye and Kim!

The gumball machines were made using a template that I cut out on heavy paper. The cookies were iced with royal icing, and m&m candies (gumballs) were added while the icing was still wet. Also, I don't know if you can tell, but I used some silver luster dust (mixed with clear vanilla extract and applied with a small paint brush) for the "metal" details on the gumball machine after the royal icing was dry. Lastly, an AmeriColor Gourmet Writer was used for the black detail.
I packaged each gumball machine cookie in a clear, cellophane bag, and tied it with a ribbon. I included some gumball cookies in each bag and gave them as gifts.
Everyone seemed to enjoy them:)

On July 4th my husband and I ended up making our way north to our
favorite local town. One of the reasons I wanted to visit that day was to take these
photos of Bubble Gum Alley, solely for this post:)

From Wikipedia:Bubble Gum Alley is a local tourist landmark in downtown San Luis Obispo, known for its accumulation of used bubble gum on the walls of an alley.
It is a 15-foot (4.6 m) high and 70-foot (21 m) long alley lined with
chewed gum left by passers-by. The locally created, "most-talked-about
landmark" covers a stretch of 20 meters between 733 and 734 Higuera
Street in downtown San Luis Obispo.

The consensus is a toss-up as to whether this collective gum wall is an eyesore or a work of art. What do you think? Would you like to chew a wad of gum and add your own masterpiece?

Looks like this was a unique way of asking someone to the prom:) (I accidentally cut off part of the question mark when I took the photo.) I wonder what the answer was?!?

If you're ever in the area, be sure to take a stroll down Bubble Gum Alley, and don't forget your gum!

Sue, your cookies are absolutely adorable!!! We were just up in Seattle and I wanted to go to Gumball Alley but it was rainy and gross outside. We'll have to go back! It's totally gross and totally cool all at the same time!

Love the cookies! Bubble Gum Alley? Who knew haha not sure how I feel about that one! Would love for you to link up at my Pin It Thursday party-- http://www.sweetbellaroos.com/2012/07/12/pin-it-thursday2/

I love how you used Bubblegum Alley as an inspiration for these beautiful and creative cookies! It's amazing how an alley of ABC (already been chewed) gum can be transformed into a work of art. It's gorgeous (although I'd never touch lol). The prom invite is definitely unique - I wonder if a marriage proposal will show up one day? I hope all is well with you..and your son is doing better xoxo.

Wow these are great! I honestly didn't remember how as a child I loved gumball machines until I saw this cookie. Had a flashback and recalled how I thought they were so pretty with all the colors of gumballs inside and the fun of not knowing which you would get. Thanks for sharing your adorable cookies and bringing back fun memories!

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